: a cello player
a yard-long implement that looks just like a cellist's bow, only larger.—
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The benefit was organized by the innovative performing-arts organization K17, and introduced by K17 founder and cellist Evgeny Tonkha, with support from BMI and Hollywood Scoring.
—Jon Burlingame, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
Juno winner cellist Foon has performed with Neufeld as part of Esmerine.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 30 Jan. 2025
Featuring a brilliant cast including violinist Alex Hargreaves, alto saxophonist Eddie Barbash and fiddler and cellist Duncan Wickel, Reider artfully deploys an array of influences, creating an utterly personal cosmopolitan folk mélange.
—Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
Also on the faculty, for years and years, was a great cellist, Janos Starker.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024
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Jon Burlingame, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
Juno winner cellist Foon has performed with Neufeld as part of Esmerine.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 30 Jan. 2025
Featuring a brilliant cast including violinist Alex Hargreaves, alto saxophonist Eddie Barbash and fiddler and cellist Duncan Wickel, Reider artfully deploys an array of influences, creating an utterly personal cosmopolitan folk mélange.
—Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
Also on the faculty, for years and years, was a great cellist, Janos Starker.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Cellist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cellist. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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